Terms & Conditions

Good ol’ T&C. Let’s get the T-to-the-C started with the usual stuff…

All files provided have been virus scanned; however, for your own protection, you should scan these files again (as you should for any file downloaded from the internet). We use reasonable care to ensure that all files are safe to open and that all products are free from any known software virus. You are solely responsible for adequate protection and backup of your own data. theLogBook.com will not be liable for any damages that you may result from any use of the files made available here.

The files made available here are provided for your personal use only and may not be retransmitted or redistributed without written permission from theLogBook.com. You may not upload any of this site’s material to any public server, on-line service, peer-to-peer network, or broadcast system without prior written permission from theLogBook.com. You may not make or distribute copies for any commercial purpose. You do not obtain any ownership right, title, or other interest in our material, trademarks or copyrights by downloading, copying, or otherwise using the files made available here.

All video, audio and ebook files have been tested in multiple readers and platforms prior to being made available.

All sales are final; refunds are not an option for digital products. If you encounter a problem with the site allowing you access to what you’ve ordered, drop us a line with a detailed description of the problem.

What does DRM-free mean?

DRM stands for, depending on who you ask, Digital Rights Management or Digital Restrictions Management – basically, a much fancier way of saying “copy protection.” Quoting defectivebydesign.org:

When a program doesn’t let you share a song, read an ebook on another device, or play a single-player game without an internet connection, you are being restricted by DRM. In other words, DRM creates a damaged good. It prevents you from doing what would normally be possible if it wasn’t there, and this is creating a dangerous situation for freedom, privacy and censorship.

All of theLogBook.com’s original digital products have zero DRM. None. Nada. Once you’ve purchased DRM Freeour stuff, you can enjoy them on whatever devices you want to enjoy them on. We’re not here to tell you what you can do with it once you’ve bought it – you paid your money, it’s yours. (You won’t meet a much bigger opponent of the five-gazillion-page EULA – telling you that you just paid for an ephemeral, infinitely-revokable license to something that you don’t, in fact, own – than theLogBook.com’s webmaster. Just bring it up in casual conversation. Seriously. Be sure you’re wearing riot gear when you do.)

We do ask that you don’t make free copies for 500 of your closest friends, but we trust you enough to make these products available with no DRM – in other words, we trust our audience enough to knowingly take that risk. Everything is also priced very reasonably. Did it cost more on DVD when it was released? Yes. But we also understand that we’re competing in a 99-cent-song-on-iTunes kind of world. Some files may cost more than others because of file size (and, accordingly, the strain on the site’s storage restrictions and bandwidth). And all prices have to be, at a minimum, above a certain level for us to make any money at all once Paypal takes its cut.

Elaborate copy-protection and device-restriction schemes only punish the customer (and, ultimately, alienate not only paying customers but, through the magic of word-of-mouth advertising, alienate customers we don’t even have yet). We’ve been around since the days of 5.25″ floppies, and boy, have we seen some ridiculous copy protection schemes, none of which really benefitted us even though we actually bought the software in question. For us, it comes down to a simple equation: we value our customers, and the word-of-mouth they might give us. We trust our customers and don’t assume they’re out to get us. Therefore, we don’t screw our customers or make unreasonable demands of them on the slim chance that some tiny percentage of them might, at some point, momentarily contemplate screwing us.

Hence: no DRM – enjoy.